Danish

Danish

Dansk
5.6M speakers · Indo-European › Germanic · Latin
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Written in the Latin script. Uses SVO word order.

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Official in 2 countries

DenmarkFaroe Islands
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Typology

Word order SVO
Adjective before noun
Numeral before noun
Adposition preposition
Def. article no
Indef. article yes
Pro-drop no
Tonal no
Gender yes
Noun cases yes

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English GermanicGerman GermanicDutch GermanicSwedish GermanicAfrikaans GermanicNorwegian GermanicYiddish GermanicWestern Frisian Germanic
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